Re: [sig-policy]Proposals for Address Policy SIG at APNIC15

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

anne,

re the process discussion:

given that

  o the apnic region is
    - geographically large,
    - culturally diverse,
    - linguistically diverse, and
    - in this weakening global economy (thanks george), has
      stakeholders who can not afford the time and transport

  o the subjects that the apnic itself or apnic members seem 
    to feel free to set policy on include serious engineering
    matters that affect the entire internet

  o under current process it seems to be considered quite fine
    to have major proposals made a week before they can be
    decided in a face to face meeting of a small number of 
    people where the above-mentioned barriers to prudent
    decision making exist

i propose that

  o the current process for policy discussion as exemplified
    by this discussion thread itself is far from optimal, is
    far from inclusive of all needed expertise, disenfranchises
    many stakeholders, and is far hastier than is actually 
    needed.

  o that apnic policy making move to more of an arin-like model,
    which might be characterized by
    - no discussion without a written proposal
    - meetings are used to get depth and high-bandwidth
      communication, not make [semi-]binding decisions
    - discussion on mailing lists is the primary decision
      mechanism (a la ietf)
    - the process of a decision is expected to take at least
      90 days from the last major proposal change so that all
      parties can be included and be able to safely give their
      input and have it discussed by the entire community.

i hope this is helpful.

randy